INFSA-2024:2199: pmix security update

Information about definition

Identificator: INFSA-2024:2199

Type: security

Release date: 2024-12-27 09:49:15 UTC

Information about package

The Process Management Interface (PMI) provides process management functions for MPI implementations. PMI Exascale (PMIx) provides an extended version of the PMI standard specifically designed to support clusters up to and including exascale sizes.

Vulnerabilities description

  • CVE-2023-41915

    OpenPMIx PMIx before 4.2.6 and 5.0.x before 5.0.1 allows attackers to obtain ownership of arbitrary files via a race condition during execution of library code with UID 0.

Severity level

CVE Score CVSS 2.0 Score CVSS 3.x Score CVSS 4.0
no information 8.1 no information
Critical, important, moderate, low

Updated packages